Social-emotional learning for kids by an early childhood and elementary education expert
Big Feelings & Life Changes
Helping children understand emotions, grief, change, resilience, fear, and personal growth.
Change
Change will happen in life. She how this leaf goes through change and all of the feelings that go with it. The leaf doesn't like the idea of change but realizes it is not always a bad thing.
Forgiveness
A little flower was enjoying the sun when along came a cloud who ruined the flower's day. The flower could stay upset but instead learns more about the cloud.
The Living Tree
The Living Tree offers a child-like explanation of the cycle of life, using nature as an example. The young tree loses her protective older tree but grows stronger in the process. The young tree repeats the process with her own young tree.
Dangly-leg-way
A story of a little girl facing her fear, only to find out that perspective is just as important as courage. Her unfounded fear, based on her lack of experience, turns this story into a learning experience.
I Can't Wait
Two dandelion siblings go thorugh life with one being mindful and one not. Everyone goes through the same stages in life. To enjoy each stage is to live.
Flutterfly
Through the life cycle of a butterfly, this story uses nature to help us understand the changes we experience in life and reminds us that love never ends—it simply takes a different form.
Rainbow Bridge
Inspired by the well-known poem Rainbow Bridge, this book offers a gentle interpretation of a beloved pet's journey after death. It provides grieving pet lovers with a sense of reassurance and something tangible to hold onto during difficult times.
The Purple Dragonfly
A mother dragonfly takes care of her young until they are ready to leave the nest. She sadly watches them leave and realizes she has to find herself. She comes to understand that she will no longer be "mommy" but she will be their mom forever. She finds herself and off she flies.